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METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING HAT BODIES AND OTHER FABRICS 0FGARDED FIBERS AND DISINTEGRATED FIBERS.

No. 277,636. Patented May 15,1883.

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METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING HAT BODIES AND OTHER FABRIGS 0FGARDED FIBER$ AND DISINTEGRATED FIBERS.

No. 277.636, Patented May 15,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()nnrcn.

JOHN T. VVARING, O1 NE\V YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING HAT-BODIES AND OTHER FABRICS 0FCARDED FIBERS AND DISINTEGRATED FIBERS.

SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,636,

dated May -15, 1883.

Application filed August- 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that LJoHN T. \VARING, oi the city and county of New York,in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Method of and Apparatus for Making Hat-Bodies andother Fabrics of Carded Fibers and Disintegrated Fibers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of hat-bodies and otherfabrics of carded fibers and disintegrated or separated fibers byobtaining a deposit of disintegrated or separated fibers upon a bat orlap of carded fibers, the principal object being to provide for themanufacture of such fabrics of wool and fur, and especially to utilizein such manufacture the cheaper kinds of fur-stock.

The invention consists, principally, in obtaining such deposit of for orseparated or disintegrated fiber by the agency of a current or currentsof air caused to pass through the hat or lap of wool or carded fiberfrom the side on which the fur or disintegrated fiber is deposited.

The invention also consists in means, bereinafter described and claimed,employed for thus obtaining such deposit, and for completing the fabricproduced by said bat or lap and said deposit thereon.

The nature of my invention will be fully on plained by aid of thefollowing specification and the drawings annexed, which form part of thesame.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1, of a machineadapted to carry out my invention in the manufacture of hat-bodies. Fig.3, is a transverse section on the line or w in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is asimilar section on the line y y of the same figure, and Fig. 5 is adetached view of a regulating-valve in the end of a perforated cylindersupporting the forward end of an endless perforated apron which supportsthe bat or lap.

In each of the views similar letters of reference are employed toindicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.

A A is the main framing, and B the main or driving shaft, which receivesmotion from a pulley, B, driven by a band or otherwise.

(.3 represents an endless perforated or reticu lated apron or beltformed of wire-cloth or other suitable material, mounted on rollers orcylinders 0 0 having shafts c 0, supported in hearings on the mainframiugA. The roller or cylinder 0, with its endless apron (J, is drivenby means of a shaft, I), mounted at an angle in bearings carried by themain-framing A. At its lower end the shaft D is provided with abevel-pinion, D, which gears into a bevel-pinion, D keyed onto the endof the driving-shaft B, while at its upper end it is provided with aworm, I)", which gears into a worm-wheel, der 0.

E represents the doii'er-cylinder, and 11] the doiier-comb, of acarding-engine, which may be of any ordinary or suitable construction,adapted to supply a hat or lap of wool or carded fiber, F, to the uppersurface of the endless traveling apron (I for treatment, as hereinafterdescribed. I

Upon one end of the shaft 0 is mounted a communicates motion to apulley, G, on a shaft, h, mounted in bearings carried by the mainframing A.

Upon the shaft h is affixed a roller or cylinder, H, and a pulley, h,upon which works an endless band, 71?, which also passes over and drivesa pulley fast on the upper one, I, of the two feed-rollers I I.

H is an endless apron, which is carried by the roller or cylinder H,before describethand a roller, 11, the said apron being driven by theroller or cylinder H. This endless apron H is arranged at a slightangle, as shown, and is adapted to receive on its upper surface, h alayer of fur-stock,which is distributed evenly on the same by hand or bysuitable mechanism. (No tshown.) Thefur-stock,havingbeensodistributed onthe apron H, is conducted thereby to and between the pair offeed-rollers I I, the upper one, I, of which is driven by a pulley, 13at'fixed on the shaft h of the cylinder H. The fur is then conducted bythe rollers I I to a picker-cylinder, J, armed with the necessary teethj,'operated bya belt, j driven by a pulley, j mounted on the maindrivingshaftB. The I picker-cylinder J is of a character and con- .s',atiixed on the shalt c of the cyl- In some cases it may not be necessaryto, combine the picker and the trunk. or either of them, directly withthe bat-carrying apron, as the fur may be picked or disintegrated in aseparate machine, and delivered to or above the bat on the batcarryingapron by any suitable means.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The Within-described improvement in the art of manufacturinghat-bodies or other fabrics fromcarded fibers and disintegrated fibers,consisting in depositing disintegrated for or fiber into and upon thesurface of a hat or lap of carded fiber by means of air drawn through vthe bat or lap from that side thereof on which the disintegrated fiberis supplied, substantially as and for the purpose described.

-2.- The within-described improvement in the art of manufacturinghat-bodies or other fabrics from cardedfibers and disintegrated fibers,consisting in depositing disintegrated fur or fiber into' and upon thesurfaceot' a hat or lap of carded fiber by means of air drawn throughthe bat or lap from that side thereof on which the disintegrated fiberis supplied, and afterward rubbing the deposited disintegrated fiberinto the bat or lap, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In machinery for making hat-bodies and other fabrics of carded fibersand disintegrated fibers, the combination, with the doffer of acarding-engine, a perforated or reticulate batearrying apron, O, and adevice for supplying disintegrated fiber, of the feed-rollers I l,

picker J, trunk K, and exhaust box or chamber N, substantially as andfor the purpose described. I

4. The combination, in a-machine for makin g hat-bodies or other fabricsof carded fibers and disintegrated fibers, of a perforated orreticulated apron or carrier for carrying a bat or lap of carded fiber,a device for delivering disintegrated fiber on the surface of said bator lap, an exhaust apparatus for producing the circulation of airthrough the said bat or lap from the side on which the disintegratedfiber is delivered thereon, and a rotating conical former for thereception of the said bat or lap and the disintegrated fiber depositedthereon, substantially as herein described.

5. The combination, with a perforated or reticulated apron or carrierfor carrying a bat or lap of carded fiber and a deposit of disintegratedfiber, and a rotary conical former for the reception of the said bat orlap and deposited fiber, of a reciprocating rubbing de vice arrangedbehind the said conical former for the purpose of rubbing thedisintegrated fiber into the bat or lap of carded fiber, substantiallyas herein described.

6. In machinery for making hat-bodies and other fabrics of carded fibersand disintegrated fibers, the combination, with a perforated orreticulated bat-carrying device, (3, and a device for supplyingdisintegrated fiber, of the feed-rollers I I, picker J, trunk K, exhaustbox or chamber N, cones or formers P P, and bed rollers p p",substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination, with the bat-carrying apron of a machine for makinghat-bodies or other fabrics of carded fibers and disintegrated fibers,ofa perforated or reticulated cylinder, provided with an internal blastfor the purpose of facilitating the pulling or drawing ofi'of thecombined fabrics, substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination, with the bat-carrying apron ofa machine for makinghat-bodies or other fabrics of carded fibers and disintegrated fibers,and a perforated or reticulated cylinder, C provided with an internalblast for the purposeof facilitating the pulling or draw ing ofi" of thecombined fabric, of a pressureregulatiug valve, a substantially as andfor the purpose described.

JOHNT. WARING. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, E1). L. MORAN.

